Soaping implement.



M. KLENETZKY. soAPmG IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJE. 19H.

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MAX KLnNE'rzKY, or NEW Yoan, N. lr.

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To all whom t may concern.' j

Be it known that l, MAX KLENETZKY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Soaping Implement, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to devices that .are utilized for retaining soap therein and to therewith apply the soap upon the goods, in the process of washing clothes by hand, for the purpose of preventing undue wear of the soap and afford convenience while washing. The principal object of my invention is to provide a simplified, inexpensive, and improved implement for this purpose, into and out of which the soap cake may be rapidly and conveniently inserted and released as desired, wherein the soap cake may be operatively retained without injury thereto, and wherewith the washing may be done with efficiency and convenience and undue wear of the soap prevented.

@ther objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

ln the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 shows a plan view of the soaping implement.

lFig. 2 is a side elevation of the implement shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a Soaping implement which is a modification of the invention.

Fig. t, is a side elevation of the implement shown in Fig. 3. l

A frame or back l, 1Eig. 1, is provided with side-walls 2, 3 and end-walls-t, and a movable wall 5 is adapted to slide along the back 1 toward and away from the wall 3, by means of guiding pins 6 at the extremities thereof passing through guiding slots or ways 7 in the end-walls 4. Any suitable cake of soap 8 to be utilized in the clothes washing, may be placed upon the frame 1 against the wall 3 and the movable wall 5 adjusted in its guiding ways 7 to slide .up against the cake 8, and a screw 9 threading -through the wall 2 may be then rotated, by means of its thumb-wing 10, to bear forcibly against the wall 5 and thereby cause the cake of soap to be gripped tightly between the walls 3, 5 and to be thus retained within the implement securely against dislocation. The adjustment of the wall 5 toward and away m from the wall 3 enables placing of soap cakes of various sizes within the implement Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led August 18, 1917. Serial No.` 188,967. i

and retention of any such cakes therein with equal effectiveness. When utilizing the implement in clothes washing, the operator grasps the handle 11 thereof, which is secured to the rear of the bach 1, and therewith applies the Soaping of the cake 8 upon the clothes undergoingthe washing. After the soap cake 8 is worn down to the level of the walls 3, 5, the remaining piece within the implement may be readily removed by merely unthreading the screw 9 and sliding aside the wall 5, and a new soap-cake may be inserted in the afore described manner. The above mentioned remnant of soap released from the implement may be conveniently utilized for various obvious purposes other than clothes washing, so that no-ne of the soap is wasted.

According to the modification shown in Figs. 3, 4, the baclr 12 is provided with a fixed or stationary side-wall 13, a movable wall 14.-, is slidable toward and'away from the wall 13 by means of Guiding pins 15 thereof passing through guiding-slots 16 in the frame 12, and springs 17V secured to the extremities of the walls 13, 14 continually draw the wall 14 toward the wall 13. To mount the soap-cake 18 within the implenient it merely requires withdrawing` the wall 141 away from the wall 13 contrary to the pull of spring 17, placing the soap-cake 18 between the said wails, and then releasing the wall 14, whereupon it is drawn by the springs 17 to bear forcibly against the cake 18 and to thereby cause both ofthe walls to grip it firmly and retain the soap securely locked in operative state within the implement. A handle 19 secured centrally to the rear of the baclr 12 serves for grasping the implement when applying the soap in clothes washing.

In order to consume as much of the soap as possible with the utilization of the implement and to leave the smallest remnant of the soap therein, each of the walls 13, le is made of two separate portions or sections 20, 21, the latter of which is hinged at 22 to the former. When the soap cake 18 is first placed within the implement it is necessary to grip as large an area of its surface as practicable to retain it rmly in operative state, and to provide suchsurface-grip the wall-sections 2l are extended to the position shown and maintained pressingly against the cake 18 by means of hooks 23 thereof engaging pins 24: upon the sections 20.

After the soap cake wears down, in the washing, to the wall sections 21, the walls 13, 14 may `loe collapsed by unlocking the hooks 23, swingingthe sections 21 outwardly about .their hinges 22, and causing snapsprings thereofto engage pins 26 upon the sections 20,'in. which manner the walls 13, Mare maintained in collapsed state. The Vreduced cake 18 previously worn down to the portions 21 of extended walls 13, 14 is now eiiiciently held in locked state by the lesser surfaces afforded Vby the sections 20 of the said walls while in collapsed state, and the soap may be therefore now worn downto the Wall-'sections 20, leaving but a very small remnant in the implement to be used for other purposes after removal therefrom. The soap-cake Spor 18 is not in any way injured physically by its locked retene tionwithin the implement, and it may be therefore conveniently removed at any time from the implement and utilized independently thereof in the usual manner, after which it may be reinserted into the implement and operatively locked therein.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope-of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim z- 1. A soaping implement having the coinbination of a soap-retaining frame, a stationary wall thereon, a wall movable toward and away from said wall, and a plurality of springs to impel said latter wall against the retained soap and force the soap against said former Wall for operatively locking the soap within the implement, one of said springs being secured to one end of said former Wall and to an opposite point on said latter wall and the other spring being secured to the other end of said former wall and to an opposite point on said latter wall.

2. A soaping implement having the combination of a soap retaining frame, a stationary wall thereon, a wall movable toward and away from said wall, means to press said latter wall against the retained soap and force the soap against said former wall for operatively locking the soap within the implement, each of said walls having a portion thereof hinged to the remaining portion thereof, means to lock said wall-portions for gripping a ,greater surface of the soap, and means to retain said portions to each other for gripping a lesser surface of the soap.

3. A soaping implement having the com bination of a soap retaining frame, a stationary wall thereon, a wall movable toward and away from said wall, means to press said latter wall against the retained soap and force the soap against said former wall for operatively locking the soap within the implement, each of said walls adapted to be collapsed and extended, means to retain said walls in extended state for gripping a greater surface of the soap, and means to retain said walls in collapsed state for gripping a lesser surface of the soap. 4. A Soaping implement having the combination of a soap retaining frame, a stationary wall thereon, a movable wall adapted to slide toward and away from said stationary wall, said frame having means to guide said movable wall, a spring having one extremity thereof fixed and its other extremity secured to said movable wall in such manner whereby it grips the retained soap between the movable wall and said stationary wall for operatively locking the soap within the implement, and an operating handle for the implement secured to said frame.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 15th day of August, A. D. 1917.

MAX KLENETZ'KY.

Witnesses B. ROMAN, REBECCA ROMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, 'by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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